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There's this invention, I think it's called the Intarwebz. You're on it. WTF?

Spiders on Drugs Stick around until at least 0:50

Yes, please do, if it works as described, I could definitely use one.

What are they? I mean, I know they're headphones, but...model? ...brand?

The "super power caps" that Nissan is going to be using in their upcoming hybrid electric diesel cars that they'll be using instead of batteries.

No, I wasn't trying to get you to qualify your statement every time you said it, please don't worry about that. In fact, I forgot I said it until I did what I did last time, which was to mentally rename her "sonofabitch" (SOO-kin sin) or "bitch" (SOO-ka) in Russian, and then remembered that I had had that thought before. I think. Either that, or it was just deja vu all over again. No, I wouldn't really. When I had two online pets that I could name myself (the first time I've ever named a pet of any sort), I called them "Turquoise" and "Glass". (They've probably since "died" from lack of being fed or given any attention.) But yeah, it might be fun to name them something weird in a non-native tongue. Like naming a black cat "whitey" in Arabic or a small squat dog "giraffe" in Chinese or something. I think you meant Lady Wilhelmina Fluffy Bottoms III. And: no, that wouldn't be a tough call at all. "Koshka", it is.

"I'm catch-of-the-day." "No, I am catch-of-the-day." "I'll fillet you."

I knew. (I think we've been over this before, though.) It's still a great name. Not as great as 'couch', though.

x2 Jesus Christ those things are even fuglier than the original pic. I mean, unless you're into psychedelics.

I like her, she reminds me (in coloring) of my first cat. Of course, my first cat was a runt, so...there ya go.

Search on "TDS Passive Audiophile" or "passive harmonic restoration". I don't know what it does.

I consider myself fortunate.

I don't think that's a function of the breed, some cats are just like that. Ask Hirsch and Vicki. (I, personally, have never had a particularly talkative cat.)

^ (What Lies Beneath in 8-bit) -- very cool.

Not to be confused with the TDS Passive Audiophile, which actually does do something to the signal. PS If anyone knows what this circuit is -- AudioAdvisor also sold something that performed "passive harmonic restoration" -- I wouldn't mind knowing what it is, seems like a good starter DIY project. (Not the hoax, though, anyone can solder shit to a wire. I want a circuit that actually does something.)

I might get those stands. I might combine them with the foamy things. I'll have to look into them further. The big selling point for me is that they're open, and you can put things in there -- be they amps, or just miscellaneous crap like boxes of tea -- right now, mine are sitting on reams of paper, which allows for nothing else to be placed there. The Harbeth "house sound" is different from the Dynaudio "house sound". Dynaudio is more "American", whereas the Harbeths are more "British". I've been told I would love the Harbeths, after describing what I would be after in my next set of speakers. I don't know how much the BM5A's follow the Dynaudio "house sound", though, since they're designed as monitors.

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I <3 this thread. Harold kind of looks like Ivan. Yay for a fellow retarded cat owner! Awesome pic. Of Tommy and Willy, which one is the goof (in the pic)? I like how it's a typical family pic where you can't get everyone just right at the same time.

I use 12L actives in my office system, and it is most awesome. It needs a sub, though (not for extra bass, but just to fill it out).

I just thought of another one, and it's curious because I'm not the only one who stopped where they stopped: Orson Scott Card, Enchantment -- me, my sister, and my mother all stopped at pretty much the same place. It kind of drags a little bit until it gets going, but once it gets going, it really gets going, and the funny thing is, we all stopped after it got going (without spoiling too much, once the bear is encountered). Really good book, BTW.

Well, the 'watch series lends itself to stopping and starting more, since it's "episodic".

Joke response #1: Looks photoshopped. Joke response #2: Did you clone one of them for the other 4? Joke response #3: You match your dogs like you match your tubes. ("Dogrolling" -- LOL.) Joke response #4: I would have named them: Harry, Barry, Gary, Larry, and Nathan Jr. (or perhaps Leon, Pris, Rachel, Roy, and Zhora, if I had five cats). etc.

Very cool.

No. I am a voracious reader. Like you, I tend to finish a book if I start it. There have been few that I haven't finished, but those that I haven't, I have well and truly gave up on...erm...given up on. There are books that I have found more harrowing to finish than others, they take longer to finish and I tend to take a break from reading after I've finished them. But I do finish them. Dante's divine trilogy -- at the point where the angel warns you not to continue reading if you aren't a believer, I stopped reading. Yes, I really did heed her warning. I think if I ever made a movie version, I'd portray her as a dominatrix, and Dante as a willing submissive. Atlas Shrugged -- jesus fucking h christ, that woman can wax philosophical. I think she did the writing equivalent of forgetting where she was in the story. Those are the only two that I can remember not finishing. Re: Barker -- even though I cited him as my favourite author for the longest time, I used to think he didn't know how to finish a book. I used to think his endings were long and wandering and winding and that he lost his path. It wasn't until I more recently read his book, Coldheart Canyon: A Hollywood Ghost Story that I think I finally got him -- he writes his books as if they were a sexual act between the writer and the reader. The climax doesn't come at the end, the climax comes before the end, and everything that follows is resolution, so -- like a good lover -- he takes his time with the resolution. At least, that's my theory. It ends up making more sense. PS Irrespective of whether or not you agree with my theory, finish Imajica -- one of my favourite books by him, along with Weaveworld. PPS I just looked on wikipedia, and it looks like there's going to be a third book of the art (Great and Secret Show, Everville). P^3S I'll probably finish Dante's trilogy despite her admonishments, but I'll probably read the whole thing again.